Chains

There are notes that ring eternal
there are songs that will remain
momma sang a song of love
I've carried all my days

And I find my own voice singin'
in a voice that I once heard
I recognize the feelings
I recognize the words

oh, here it comes again
oh, some things never end

there are things that aren't forgotten
there are things that still remain
events of long ago, now

somehow form a chain
grandpa cracked a whip down
it's stung a long, long time

daddy picked that whip up
cracked that back of mine
in a moment high confusion
has got a grip on me

i wonder how that whip now

is in the hand i see

there are scars that aren't forgotten
there are scars that still remain
events of long ago now
somehow form a chain

can you find it in the mirror?
can you find it in your heart?
look into tomorrow
do you stop before you start?

do you find your own voice ringin'
in a voice that you once heard?
do you recognize the feelings?
do you recognize the words?

oh, here it comes again
oh, some things never end

there are things that aren't forgotten
there are things that will remain
events of long ago
somehow form a chain